The Next Moon Landing Is Near, Thanks to Pioneering Engineers

Re:The Next Moon Landing Is Near, Thanks to Pioneering Engin... by baq on Sunday August 13, 2017 @03:44AM (#15001978)

> The most logical plan I heard was the following: Solar power works way better, and potentially nonstop at the poles of the moon.

the problem is, unless you're at the pole, you have 2 weeks of power followed by 2 weeks of pitch black darkness, so you have to have a lot of batteries or the station isn't livable 50% of the time.

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Re:The Next Moon Landing Is Near, Thanks to Pioneering Engin... by WalterBright on Sunday August 13, 2017 @03:22PM (#15004445)

Run a power cable from the pole. Put a mirror in orbit. Put a nuclear reactor on the moon (don't have to worry about safety issues, which should lighten it considerably).

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Re:The Next Moon Landing Is Near, Thanks to Pioneering Engin... by tomrod on Sunday August 13, 2017 @10:51AM (#15003105)

Build two bases?

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